Benbulben
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Benbulben

The dramatic flat-topped mountain overlooking Sligo, central to Yeats's poetry.

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Benbulbin, sometimes Benbulben or Ben Bulben, is a steep-sided and flat-topped mountain in County Sligo, Ireland. It is part of the Dartry Mountains, in an area sometimes called "Yeats Country". Benbulbin, 526 m (1,726 ft) high, formed as a nunatak during the last Ice Age.

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